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Automated Subtle Emergent Misalignment Research

Oct 2026

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Outline · 108 paragraphs

Introduction¶5
Setup¶12
Results¶31
Datasets Found¶44
Beekeeper¶47
Typhoid Mary¶52
Kayfabe¶57
Writing bad reference letters¶63
Gifted¶68
Quiet Levers¶73
Anthropomorphized legacy systems¶79
Roleplaying biological entities¶84
Offensive security analysis¶90
Conclusion¶96
Appendix¶103
Reproduction on other models¶104

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BibTeX

@misc{anthropic2026,
  title = {Automated Subtle Emergent Misalignment Research},
  author = {{Anthropic}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://alignment.anthropic.com/2026/automated-em-search/}
}

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